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With pleasure we have agreed to sign the stakeholder’s recommendations to the EU Commission on the development of the #EHDS (European health Data Space)  Click here to upload EHDS consensus statement

As a follow up from previous activities on #RWD, we are happy to share a paper (https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10091629) just released discussing on the potential of the newly proposed #EHDS (European Health Data Space), coordinated by #denishorgan from the #EAPM (European alliance for Personalised Medicine). Interestingly enough, it begins with an ambitious #datagovernance claim to the discuss
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We are pleased to announce that Magda Martí has recently joined Fundació HiTT’s team as a managing director. With a solid background in the health field management, she brings to the team over 20 years of management experience in non-profit organisations and in both public and private entities (research centres, foundations and associations for international cooperation and
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Researchers at Fundació HiTT and UOC publish a guide on how to improve patient care while increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the healthcare system. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic degenerative autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. Around 1,800 new cases are diagnosed in Spain each year, mostly among people under the age of 40,
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The XL+1 edition of the Health Economics Conference, organized by the AES Health Economics Association, has taken place in Zaragoza on June 15 to 17. We have taken part of this event exploring issues such as: medical care decision-making, economic assessment, the management of healthcare institutions and the investment in innovation. Fundació HiTT inaugurated its participation in
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Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic disease that currently affects around 55,000 people in Spain and gathers 1,800 new diagnoses each year. World Multiple Sclerosis Day raises awareness of a complex, cross-cutting disease that involves healthcare, psychological and social issues. Aimed by the twofold goal of meeting the needs of people with Multiple Sclerosis and optimizing
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Clinical trials have traditionally been the quintessential clinical research tool, responsible for driving many of the scientific advances made in the field of health and the historical transformations that have taken place in terms of hope and life quality. May 20th, the International Clinical Trial Day, becomes an opportunity to highlight the work of those
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Lung cancer is a growing issue worldwide. It currently ranks as the cancer with the highest number of cases detected, and it is responsible for the highest number of cancer deaths on a global scale. By 2024, it is estimated to be the cause of 3 million new cancers. In Spain, lung cancer is the
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THE PROJECT In collaboration with the Catalan Agency for Health Quality and Assessment (AQuAS), Fundació HiTT carried out a project for the reformulation of the protocol, approved by the Department of Health of Catalonia in 2009, for the correct detection and treatment of women and children victims of gender-based violence. The study aimed to assess
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Fundació HiTT went public on a day like today in 2019. While we were getting closer to days of celebration, we had one more reason to be happy: the birth of the HiTT Foundation. Happiness that today we remember one more time seeing, on its second anniversary, the progress it has made. After years of
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Violence against women represents a cross-cutting and multidimensional problem that has been classified as a health problem by WHO. Due to its complexity, it is a phenomenon that needs to be addressed through a cross-sectional perspective, involving different sectors of society to provide a coordinated response to the phenomenon. A few months ago Fundació HiTT
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The third edition of the fHorum took place yesterday. It is organized by Fundació HiTT, with the support, one more year, of Novartis. Despite the complicated situation that the pandemic leaves us, we are glad to go forward with this project. A project aimed at creating shared knowledge through the meeting of different experts in
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HiTT Foundation was created with the aim of promoting change in the current healthcare paradigm and generating a positive impact on the health System. We believe that the key to change can be found in the combination of innovation and entrepreneurship. These are the cornerstones on which we must build the future health system, a
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World Orphan Drugs Congress 2021 is taking place this week in Sitges. WODC offers an approach to the whole orphan drug situation. It has become, trough the editions, the largest and most established European event in this field. In this 12th edition, the annual event will gather experts from the whole value chain in the
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CaixaResearch Validate Training 2021 is coming to an end. Today, our colleagues have attended the last session of Specialized Training organized by Caixa Research. CaixaResearch Validate is the result of the willing to transfer research to market and society. Providing resources to early stage biomedical research projects to help them become a reality. It provides
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BizBarcelona has been celebrated this week, from 9 to 11 of November in Fira de Monjuïc. It has brought together both companies and talent in the same spot of Barcelona. BizBarcelona is a benchmark event in the matter of entrepreneurship. It is an opportunity for companies to reinvent themselves and to start innovative projects. Exploring
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We are glad to finally announce that the 3rd edition of fHoum will take place on November 22nd.  fHorum stems from the need to address key issues of the biomedical field. Exchanging ideas with the aim of generating innovative proposals, willing to improve the medical sector. The issues that we will be addressing have lately become
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Our project is growing, therefore and to incorporate young talents with desire to work into our team, we have signed an agreement with the Pompeu Fabra University and we are very happy to introduce you to Clàudia Faura Colom, who joins the HiTT Foundation, to give support and contribute new ideas to our project in
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Today we are presenting at #DIAconference our perspective on RWD and how payers would benefit from a well-defined and traceable Data Governance Plan to make RWD more trustworthy. Despite most of the focus is on methodologies and the validity of the data, it is important to build around the data collection a process that makes
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The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated a process that was already underway: the digital transformation in healthcare.
From telemedicine and the remote monitoring and treatment of patients to artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled medical devices, healthcare digitalisation has the potential to improve healthcare delivery